Need the help of some computer whiz

[Goldknight]

I teach veterinary medicine and am wanting to write a program that quizzes my students between units in various classes. A program I can put on CDs for them to buy with their manuals and use as study tool. My quizzes would have images, various question types and tell them if they are right or wrong. I also want to incorporate small AVIs of things I did with my digital camera. I've done basic quizzing via power point presentations where I write some questions and show images on one slide and then they move to the next one to see the answer. Problem is I feel very limited in what I can with powerpoint. Perhaps because I'm not that educated in it. I just remember taking computer quizzes in college that were interactive based on how the students answered. They would click various images/choices to answer questions and were told right or wrong. Then at the end the quiz would grade you. Any ideas of how I might go about doing this?

[syan]

Would you want to keep the quizzes available via MS Office (Excel, Access, PP)? I'm not up on my PP either (the concepts should be the same though), but with def. either Excel or Access you could create a quiz with 'multiple pages' of questions (might require a smidge VBA), so that when the answer is selected and a 'next' button is clicked, the next 'page' comes with the next question. Each selection can have a point value associated with it, calculating the total in the background with the click of the 'next' button.

On a basic level, you should be able to add buttons that when clicked can say if the answer is correct or not, right then and there, per question.

Or else you could create a webpage with the questions and incorporate something like cgi that would take the student's answers and score them and display the correct answers. That's assuming webspace, etc.

Sorry, that's keeping it pretty vague. I can definitely get more winded on the topic though, just not sure your level with the progs and well, I find this stuff far too fun to make.

[Goldknight]

I so have no idea what you just said. I just don't know much about computers and programs. The program wouldn't have to be power point. It would be anything.

[yoshito]

Been thinking of your request and think it would have to be done in either Excel or Visual Basic. The reason I say this is because you have some database (amount right/wrong) as well as an option system. Both would require you knowing some Basic code... which might be some research/learning on your part (if you want to do it yourself). I would suggest having a TA assisting you, but they might leak the test out. If I had the spare time I used to have at work I could help you, but these days are sorta limited (even though I'm bored at work, mostly reading documentation and writing up reports).

Sorry I couldn't help much. Mostly just made your day cloudy.

*edit: After reading sayn's post, a website creation might do the trick as well. Just have to use javascript to keep the information, and is easier to do. Also anybody who has IE (I'm assuming you'll make it for that since making javascript work for all the browsers might make even the sanest programmer mad).

[zerospace]

Wow - how on earth did I miss this thread? In any case - I think I have to go with yoshito on this one